"Why aren't the letters on the keyboard in alphabetical order?" asked every child ever when presented with a keyboard. Most of us were taught that the...
A woman my age should probably not be talking about her periods, but here I go: I can't stop following them with a double tap on the space bar. Most people of my generation don't even understand this lament. 'Why would you want to stop?' they ask. 'That's how it should be.'
In banging a soundboard in an open piano, feeling both the power and energy, Bill Youse drove home the point that Steinway is the Rolls Royce of piano manufacturers. That makes the abstract artist Lynx the new hood ornament of that grand piano.
Joining school systems in Hawaii, Indiana and elsewhere across the country, Pitt County Schools in North Carolina will no longer require its students ...
Fleksy claims to have "probably the most powerful text prediction engine," which might be true but distracts from the fact that it's very similar in o...
Keyboards are kind of like underpantsāwe use them every day, but only really notice them if theyāre uncomfortable (or dirty). Enter the K750 Wirel...
Earlier this month, the Indiana Department of Education joined the ranks of school systems that will no longer require the teaching of cursive writing.
I woke up this morning thinking about WINGStand. Could a single $20 thumb-sized product forever change the way we use computers?
Fifty years ago, IB...
The armed forces are at CES looking for new technology designed for consumers that it can co-opt for its own purposes. Let's start with some technology borrowed from rock musicians, but designed for fighters.
I am excited to see the first smartphones to use high speed packet access (HSPA). My initial experience with T-Mobile's USB Laptop Stick, which also uses HSPA, was rather impressive.
Alienware's brand-new M11x delivers a no-compromise gaming experience in under four pounds. It's something you can take on the road for work, and game at night and on the plane.
Despite the fact that "a" is under our weakest finger, and the most-used letter "e" is off the home row, people adapt, and those who are going to become fast typists will do so regardless of layout.
What do you see on your desk? Piles of paper. Half-empty coffee cup. Part of Wednesday's lunch. No wonder we waste up to 3 hours a week "looking for stuff." Today is the day to change all that.
The Dvorak keyboard layout, though around for decades, is as little-known among the general typing population as it is passionately embraced by its de...